> -----Original Message----- > > I now need to read XML. Unlike indexing and doing OAI-PMH, there are > > a myriad of tools for reading and writing XML. I've done SAX before. > > I think I've done a bit of DOM. If I wanted a straight-forward and > > well-supported Java package that supported these APIs, then what > > package might I use? > > > > If the data you're manipulating is partially or fully described by a > Schema or DTD, consider using a package such as Castor (castor.org) I think I recall hearing in the past that Castor had trouble with XML files that used mixed content models (a set into which TEI and EAD both fall) - can anyone confirm if that's currently the case (or that it never was and I'm completely misremembering)? Jenn ======================== Jenn Riley Metadata Librarian Digital Library Program Indiana University - Bloomington Wells Library W501 (812) 856-5759 www.dlib.indiana.edu Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com